"Billionaire turned GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump railed
against Hillary Clinton, promised to crush a controversial international
trade deal, lambasted the state of Ohio's economy under Democratic
rule, and vowed to protect the nation from ISIS during his rally today
in downtown Toledo.

Mr. Trump fired up the crowd several times talking about fighting
ISIS and his plans to build a wall between the United States and Mexico —
comparing it to the Great Wall of China.

He drew even more cheers with his trademark "build the wall" statement.

No subject appears to be off limits. The Republican presidential
candidate has talked about Iraq, ISIS, healthcare, and even Secretary of
State John Kerry's broken leg in Toledo.

"We've been fighting this war for 15 years and we can't win it," Mr.
Trump said about Iraq. "I didn't want to fight in the first place. But
we can't let these people chop off heads and drown people. And Hillary
Clinton's policies got us into this mess."...The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has garnered significant attention in recent weeks, thanks to Trump.

He said he might not support NATO nations if they are attacked. Mr.
Trump's reasoning was because NATO countries do not pay back the United
States.

Mr. Trump was delayed past his scheduled 8 p.m. speech time in downtown Toledo today, with the speech beginning at 8:38 p.m.His personal plane landed at Toledo Express Airport at 7:30 p.m. The
plane he flew on is Trump Force One, which is the $100 million
personalized Boeing 757 of Mr. Trump.

Mr. Roberts, 50, stood outside the Huntington Center from the early morning, even though he already had a ticket.

“I think he can calm (his rhetoric) down a bit. But I really think he’s what we need,” she added.

The line of people waiting to get inside the arena stretched down
Huron, north of Madison, before doors opened late this afternoon.............. South Toledoan Margie Lark fought back tears talking about Mr. Trump before his rally downtown.

Mr. Trump, nominated by the GOP last week in Cleveland, is hitting
the campaign trail hard to extract as much post-convention bounce as
possible while Democratic rival Hillary Clinton is nominated this week
in Philadelphia.

One hour before his Toledo rally initially was to start, Mr. Trump
was scheduled to participate in an online question-and-answer session on
the website Reddit.

Reddit announced that Mr. Trump will participate in an “Ask Me
Anything” session. The session began at 6:30 p.m. and Mr. Trump was
answering questions from his airplane.

The Toledo Police Department closed Huron Street between Madison and
Jefferson avenues and Jefferson between Huron and North St. Clair Street
for the rally. General parking for the event is in nearby surface lots
and garages.

Several groups have protested his pending arrival.

Mike Bell, a former Toledo mayor and fire chief who now is the
Republican nominee for Pete Gerken’s Lucas County commissioner seat, led
Mr. Trump’s rally in the Pledge of Allegiance.""Staff writer Kyle Rowland contributed to this report."